Listeria concerns prompt recall of produce items sold in 18 states
The below recalled items were sold at Aldi, Walmart, Kroger, and more grocery stores across multiple states including Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia and Tennessee
- Wiers Farm Bagged Poblano – UPC 073064202581 – 16 oz bag
- Wiers Farm Bagged Cubanelle – UPC 073064201836 – 16 oz bag
- Wiers Farm Bagged Green Beans – UPC 073064200846 – variable weight bag
- Wiers Farm Bagged Salad Cucumber – UPC 073064459619 – 2 lb. bag
- Wiers Farm Bagged Serrano – UPC 073064201829 – 4 oz bag
- Wiers Farm Organic Bell Pepper – UPC 073064201416 – 2 count tray
- Wiers Farm Organic Cucumber – UPC 073064201423 – 2 count tray
- Wiers Farm Organic Yellow Squash – UPC 073064201447 – 2 count tray
- Wiers Farm Organic Zucchini Squash – UPC 073064201430 – 2 count tray
Two items — 16-ounce bags of Freshire Farms Bagged Green Beans and 8-ounce bags of bag Freshire Farms Bagged Jalapenos — sold at Aldi stores in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia were recalled as well.
Sixteen produce items sold individually or by the pound were also included in the recall. That includes:
- Anaheim peppers
- Cilantro – sold in bunches
- Cubanelle peppers
- Cucumber – whole
- Green beans
- Green Bell Pepper
- Habanero peppers
- Hungarian Wax peppers
- Jalapeno peppers
- Mixed Vegetable Box (shipped to Cleveland and Youngstown, Ohio Foodbanks only)
- Mustard Greens – sold in bunches
- Pickling Cucumber
- Plain Parsley – sold in bunches
- Poblano peppers
- Serrano peppers
- Tomatillos
These products were distributed to stores in 18 states. Below is a list of those states, as well as the grocery chains that received the now-recalled products. The FDA did not say when these items would have been sold to consumers.
